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Major New Version Release (v2.5)

Posted 03/05/2015 | By Admin | News

A major update for MazeSuite is released. Summary list of changes are as follows. To get the update, download the latest setup file.

MazeSuite Release 2.5

MazeWalker (v2.10.0.0)

  • New feature: Top-down (bird’s eye) and perspective views (3/4 side) of maze navigation, fixed or free orientation and customized view type of the maze
    • Edit from main window top menu Advanced>Perspective Settings dialog
  • New feature: Multiple choice question presentation in maze list
    • Add a question and as many options as necessary, users answer will be recorded in the log.
  • New option: Restart maze option at the end of a maze (use escape button to bring the dialog up)
    • Restarting reloads the maze immediately appearing in the log file as a separate maze list item
  • New option to hide rendered maze background during message dialog display
    • Option is available under ‘Other Settings’
  • New option to adjust Field of View to allow rendering to more properly occur on wide displays, default is 45 degrees, on triple monitors 75 degrees may be recommended.
    • This is available under ‘Advanced Graphics-> Other Visual Settings’

MazeMaker (v2.10.0.0)

  • Multiple choice item in maze lists
  • Flip option for wall textures
  • Minor improvements

MazeAnalyzer (v1.9.0.0)

  • New quick start panel at startup
  • Minor improvements

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Publication by Walkowiak et al.

Posted 01/31/2015 | By Admin | News

A new publication by Walkowiak et al used MazeSuite to study  individual differences and personality correlates of navigational performance during spatial learning.

Walkowiak, S., Foulsham, T., & Eardley, A. F. (2015). Individual differences and personality correlates of navigational performance in the virtual route learning task. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 402-410.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074756321400764X

 

Publication by Buckley et al.

Posted 12/16/2014 | By Admin | News

A new publication by Buckley et al used MazeSuite to assess the relationship of shape and landmark information during spatial learning.

Buckley, M. G., Smith, A. D., & Haselgrove, M. (2014). Learned predictiveness training modulates biases towards using boundary or landmark cues during navigation. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1-20. DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2014.977925

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17470218.2014.977925

 

Interfacing MazeSuite and BCI2000

Posted 10/13/2014 | By Admin | News

The MazeSuite API allows interfacing any 3rd party application with MazeSuite for communication and control. Recently, we have posted a tutorial and necessary files for interfacing MazeSuite with the BCI2000 (www.bci2000.org) a popular Brain Computer Interface (BCI) platform.

Tutorial and details are posted in MazeSuite Gallery:
mazesuite.com/gallery/app/mazesuite-bci2000-interfacing/

This tutorial and information is based on the mechanism used in the following paper:
Curtin, A., Ayaz, H., Liu, Y., Shewokis, P. A., & Onaral, B. (2012). A P300-based EEG-BCI for spatial navigation control. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE (pp. 3841-3844). doi:10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346805.

Curtin, A., Ayaz, H, et al (2012)

Curtin, A., Ayaz, H, et al (2012)

Major New Version Release (v2.4)

Posted 10/11/2014 | By Admin | News

A major update for MazeSuite is released. Summary list of changes are as follows. To get the update, download the latest setup file.

MazeSuite Release 2.4

Mazesuite API

    New sample application with source code: MazeBridge

MazeWalker (v2.9.0.0)

    Oculus DK1 integration
    Updated to standardize lighting conditions
    Resolution scaling is now DPI independent
    Restored audio functionality for play/pause/stop as well as new feature for making volume louder when objects playing are approached.
    Increased OpenGL requirement to version 3.0
    Custom resolution option (default to 5760 x 1080)
    Minor improvements

MazeMaker (v2.9.0.0)

    New features in dynamic model properties related to audio playback
    New splash screen during startup
    New welcome screen for quick access
    Minor improvements

MazeAnalyzer (v1.8.0.0)

    New splash screen during startup
    Minor improvements

Now over 1,000 downloads

Posted 08/01/2014 | By Admin | News

MazeSuite has passed 1,000 downloads mark. Thank you all for your support.

Also, note that new content has been added to the Gallery.

Major New Version Release (v2.3)

Posted 07/26/2014 | By Admin | News

A major update for MazeSuite is released. Summary list of changes are as follows. To get the update, download the latest setup file.

MazeSuite Release 2.3

MazeSuite API

  • New feature: Application Programming Interface for accessing MazeSuite from 3rd party custom applications.
  • New MazeSuite API manual
  • New sample application with source code: MazeRemote

MazeWalker (v2.8.0.0)

  • MazeSuite API functionality (connecting remotely through TCP/IP network to send/receive commands (e.g. move left, right, forward) and data (e.g. position, look angle)
  • Multimonitor start positioning
  • Dynamic object animations in mazes can be paused and resumed by user gui interaction
  • Various minor improvements

MazeMaker (v2.8.0.0)

  • Revised all maze item properties
  • Left pane maze tree updated, each item is now listed with additional details, also right click displays context menu to modify order for floor and wall items.
  • ID and label for all maze items. These are also saved in logs for easy access and identification of items
  • Version checker address updated

New website launched!…

Posted 07/26/2014 | By Admin | News

With special thanks to Kenneth Oum, MazeSuite now enjoys a revamped, completely renewed website.

Check out the new site at www.mazesuite.com

One of the main new features of the new site, is the Gallery that users can share their creations/mazes that they have developed. You can download new mazes from this growing set and use them as starting point for your experiments. Please also submit your own mazes to share with other users. As always, we look forward to your comments and suggestions.

Update (MazeWalker and MazeMaker)

Posted 07/14/2014 | By Admin | News

An update for MazeSuite is released. Summary list of changes are as follows. To get the update, download the latest setup file.

MazeSuite (v2.2.1)

New Elevator sample maze: This maze starts in the basement, and when user approaches the elevator, door opens automatically (dynamic object, trigger by proximity), user gets on elevator and it moves up automatically (dynamic object, trigger by proximity) and reaches rooftop terrace that has the exit sign (end region). This maze file and included texture and objects are already included in the new maze setup and installs with other samples to my document>mazesuite>samples folder. See screenshots below.

 

MazeWalker (v2.7.0.0)

Dynamic object motions are actually timed instead of framerate dependent
Enabled Walker /subject field in MazeWalker
Prevented repeated jumping for more realistic actions
Improved various static/dynamic object texture and collision detection features
Png image without alpha level can now be loaded as texture
Implemented transparency for PNGs on models
Fixed Vsync checkbox state to be saved

 

MazeMaker (v2.7.7.0)

Added context menu to left pane tree view for child items of Wall and Floor. Move up/down/top/bottom for reordering. This can be necessary for larger items inserted last can cover older smaller items. Moving will help showing all.

Removing maze item keyboard shortcut changed to ctrl+delete

Publication by Akinlofa et al.

Posted 07/11/2014 | By Admin | News

A new publication by Akinlofa et al used MazeSuite to explore dynamic instructional visualisations over static alternative in the acquisition of novel procedural motor skills.

    Akinlofa, O. R., Holt, P. O. B., & Elyan, E. (2014). The cognitive benefits of dynamic representations in the acquisition of spatial navigation skills.Computers in Human Behavior, 30, 238-248. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.09.009

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar … 3213003373